REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



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this Commission, upon condition that we operate it to its greatest 

 capacity and place the fry in public waters in that vicinity. Our opera- 

 tions at Lake Tahoe have been promoted in every way possible by M. 

 Lawrence & Co., and other residents. 



Operations were carried on both years on Taylor and Blackwood 

 creeks, the former proving more productive, as the following table 



shows : 



Take of Cut-Throat Trout Eggs at Lake Tahoe. 



1895. 



1896. 



Taylor Creek 



Blackwood Creek 



Totals 



4,240,000 

 160,000 



4,400,000 



4,014,700 

 349,300 



4,364,000 



Incident to our operations at Lake Tahoe, an unfortunate working of 

 the law for the protection of trout ought to be mentioned. From this 

 locality are annually taken for the markets over 50,000 pounds of trout. 

 The season for taking trout opens on April 1st. An examination of our 

 spawning records will show that the trout of Lake Tahoe do not begin 

 to spawn before April, that the greater number spawn in the latter part 

 of April and during May, and that a considerable number do not spawn 

 until June. This is equally true of the fish in lakes Donner, Independ- 

 ence, and Webber, and the tributary streams. These fish are in the best 

 marketable condition from July to January. This matter has been 

 called to the attention of the Boards of Supervisors of El Dorado, Placer, 

 and Nevada counties, but with the exception of Placer County no action 

 has been taken. 



Summary of Distribution of Fish from Tahoe Hatcheries during Years 1895 and 1896. 



♦Alevins. 



